Giving in the US - Friends of HKIS
Launched in 2024, Friends of HKIS, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the United States. The purpose of this new foundation is to provide HKIS alumni, former board members, and former faculty and staff a new, tax-efficient way to make gifts to support HKIS.
Make Your Gift
Making a Gift to Friends of HKIS:
- Gifts made through FOHKIS are fully tax-deductible under US law, and all gifts will receive a gift acknowledgment and receipt.
- Gifts using debit or credit card may be made quickly using the online giving form. You can make a one-time or recurring gift.
- FOHKIS can also accept gifts of appreciated stock, as well as gifts from Donor Advised Funds (DAFs).
Designating Your Gift:
You can designate your gift to support a wide range of needs. If making a gift by debit or credit card, simply select from the options in the online giving form. Learn more about your Annual Fund giving choices here:
If you wish to make a gift of appreciated stock or from your Donor Advised Fund, please contact Heath K. Hignight for more information on this quick and easy way to support HKIS.
About FOHKIS
The idea behind FOHKIS goes back nearly four decades. In the late 1980s, the HKIS Foundation was formed in the US in an effort to create opportunities for alumni and friends of HKIS to support the school philanthropically. For a range of reasons, the foundation was effectively closed in the early 2010s.
In recent years, alumni and former employees and parents of HKIS who are based in the US (or who have US tax obligations) requested an efficient way to make gifts back to the school. Because of international banking regulations, this process was fraught with challenges as more of the world moved online, including making online gifts of any kind.
In late 2023, after years of work behind the scenes, the leadership of HKIS’s Board of Managers partnered with loyal former parents and board members of the school to launch FOHKIS. This new foundation, based in the US, can receive gifts in US dollars from your US financial institutions using the same technology and processes of any other US-based nonprofit.
When you make a gift through FOHKIS, you are supporting the students, teachers and staff of Hong Kong International School! Your gift will flow to the school to be used to support the academics, arts, athletics, and religious and spirituality programming that makes HKIS one of the best schools in the world.
When you make your gift through FOHKIS, HKIS is notified right away and will be ready to put your generosity to work!
Vision, Mission, and Board of FOHKIS
Vision
A global community of Alumni and Friends of Hong Kong International School actively engaged in lives of service and global understanding.
Mission
Friends of HKIS, Inc. (FOHKIS) provides support to educational causes, programs and institutions located around the world. FOHKIS achieves its mission through conducting fundraising activities in support of the vision and mission of Hong Kong International School.
- President: Abigail DeLessio, Former HKIS Board of Managers, Past Parent
- Vice President: Richard Mueller, Former Head of School, Former Board of Managers, Past Parent
- Secretary: Deidre Simon, ISS Princeton (US management agent)
- At Large: Heath K. Hignight, At Large (HKIS Chief Advancement Officer)
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